Global distribution of nearly identical phage-encoded DNA sequences

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Breitbart, Mya ^a   Miyake, Jon H ^a   Rohwer, Forest ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; DNA polymerase; Environment; Phage; T7 like Podophage; Ubiquitous sequence

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BIOME; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE POOL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRESH WATER; GENES, VIRAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PODOVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

METAZOA;

EID: 3142570537     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.042     Document Type: Article

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